Management method for receiving orders and management system for receiving orders

• US 20020035511A1
• Filed: 02/01/2001
• Published: 03/21/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Haji, Hisao, Goto, Eriko
• Application Number:
  US09/775,536
• Publication Number:
  US 20020035511A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0611 Request for offers or quotes

Abstract

A Web page transmission section 4 transmits a Web page 10 with a quotation calculation program added thereto from a server 2. A data reception section 5 receives a quotation calculation result 11. When an analysis section 6 determines that the quotation calculation result is valid, a quotation issuing section 12 issues a formal quotation. In other cases, a quotation recalculation section 7 operates. A timer section 8 measures the period of time elapsed from transmission of the Web page 10 until a response to the transmission. As a result, an erroneous quotation is prevented from being issued even when the quotation calculation program in the Web page 10 has been tampered with.

Claims

1. A management method for receiving orders, comprising:

transmitting a Web page having a program for calculating a quotation added thereto to a receiving terminal operated by a user through a network;

when a result of a calculated quotation on the receiving terminal is returned to the server, conducting an analysis of the result of the calculated quotation on the server; and

when a determination is made based on a result of the analysis that the result of calculated quotation is appropriate, executing a process to validate the quotation.

2. A management method for receiving orders according to claim 1, wherein the analysis process includes a process for examining appropriateness of product information included in the result of the quotation calculation transmitted from the receiving terminal.

6. A management method for receiving orders according to any one of claim 1 through claim 4, wherein a recalculation is performed on the server under a condition identical with a condition in which the quotation calculation is performed on the receiving terminal, and a corresponding quotation is issued based on the result of the recalculation.

8. A management method for receiving orders according to any one of claim 1 through claim 5, wherein the quotation calculation program that is transmitted to the receiving terminal operated by the user includes a Web page tampering detection program added thereto.

9. A management method for receiving orders according to any one of claim 1 through claim 5, wherein the quotation calculation program that is transmitted to the receiving terminal operated by the user includes a monitoring program to detect a quotation calculation that violates a specified rule.

3. A management method for receiving orders, comprising:

transmitting a Web page having a program for calculating a quotation added thereto to a receiving terminal operated by a user through a network; and

when a result of a calculated quotation at the receiving terminal is returned to the server, executing a process to validate the quotation if a period of time between the transmission of the Web page and the reception of the returned quotation is within a specified time range.

4. A management method for receiving orders, comprising:

transmitting a Web page having a program for calculating a quotation added thereto to a receiving terminal operated by a user through a network; and

when a result of a calculated quotation at the receiving terminal is returned to the server, executing a process to validate the quotation if a version of the Web page is within a specified range.

5. A management method for receiving orders, comprising:

transmitting a Web page having a program for calculating a quotation added thereto to a receiving terminal operated by a user through a network;

when a result of a calculated quotation at the receiving terminal or information necessary to calculate a quotation is returned to the server, performing a recalculation on the server under a condition identical with a condition in which the quotation calculation is performed at the receiving terminal; and

issuing a corresponding quotation based on the result of the recalculation.

7. A management method for receiving orders according to claim 5 or claim 7, wherein, when a corresponding quotation is issued based on the result of recalculation, the user is notified of the recalculation that has been conducted.

10. A management method for receiving orders according to claim 5, wherein a result of the recalculation on the server side and a result of quotation calculation returned from the receiving terminal to the server are compared, and, when there is a discrepancy therebetween, a cause of the discrepancy that is generated is searched for and a result of the search is recorded.

11. A management method for receiving orders according to claim 5, further comprising including a program to save log data indicating a calculation process in the Web page when a quotation calculation using the Web page is executed on the receiving terminal side, and transmitting the log data from the receiving terminal to the server together with the result of the quotation.

12. A management system for receiving orders, comprising:

a Web page transmission section that transmits a Web page having a program for calculating a quotation added thereto to a receiving terminal operated by a user through a network; and

an analysis section that, when a result of a calculated quotation on the receiving terminal is returned to the server and if the result of the calculated quotation is determined to be appropriate by the server, makes a determination that the result of the calculated quotation is valid.

13. A management system for receiving orders, comprising:

a Web page transmission section that transmits a Web page having a program for calculating a quotation added thereto to a receiving terminal operated by a user through a network; and

a timer section that, when a result of a calculated quotation on the receiving terminal is returned to the server and if a time period between the transmission of the Web page and the reception of the returned quotation is within a specified time range, makes a determination that the result of the calculated quotation is valid.

14. A management system for receiving orders, comprising:

a Web page transmission section that transmits a Web page having a program for calculating a quotation added thereto to a receiving terminal operated by a user through a network; and

an analysis section that, when a result of a calculated quotation at the receiving terminal is returned to the server and if a version of the Web page is within a specified range, validates the quotation.

15. A management system for receiving orders, comprising:

a Web page transmission section that transmits a Web page having a program for calculating a quotation added thereto to a receiving terminal operated by a user through a network; and

a quotation recalculation section that, when a result of a calculated quotation on the receiving terminal or information necessary to calculate a quotation is returned to the server, performs a recalculation on the server under a condition identical with a condition in which the quotation calculation is performed on the receiving terminal, and issues a corresponding quotation based on the result of the recalculation.

16. A Web page to be transmitted from a server to a receiving terminal operated by a user through a network, the Web page comprising:

a quotation calculation program that performs a quotation calculation based on a product selection by the user on the Web page and displays a result thereof on the Web page; and

a Web page tampering detection program that determines at a specified timing [interval] whether or not portions of the Web page whose alteration is prohibited has been tampered with.

17. A Web page to be transmitted from a server to a receiving terminal operated by a user through a network, the Web page comprising:

a quotation calculation program that performs a quotation calculation based on a product selection by the user on the Web page and displays a result thereof on the Web page; and

a monitoring program that detects a quotation calculation that violates a specified rule at a specified timing [interval].